And you say in his leisure moments the worthy man was a poacher ?" "Yes, monsieur, and it was he who taught me to lay a snare and ground a line.

The consequence is that when I saw our laborers, which did not at all suit two such delicate stomachs as ours, I had recourse to a little of my old trade.

While walking near the wood of Monsieur le Prince, I laid a few snare in the runs; and while reclining on the banks of his Highness's pieces of water, I slipped a few lines into his fish ponds.
So that now, thanks be to God, we do not want, as Monsieur can testify, for partridges, rabbits, carp or eels--all light, wholesome food, suitable for the sick." "But the wine," said d'Artagnan, "who furnishes the wine?
Your host ?" "That is to say, yes and no." "How yes and no ?" "He furnishes it, it is true, but he does not know that he has that honor." "Explain yourself, Mousqueton; your conversation is full of instructive things." "That is it, monsieur.

It has so chanced that I met with a Spaniard in my peregrinations who had seen many countries, and among them the New World." "What connection can the New World have with the bottles which are on the commode and the wardrobe ?" "Patience, monsieur, everything will come in its turn." "This Spaniard had in his service a lackey who had accompanied him in his voyage to Mexico.

This lackey was my compatriot; and we became the more intimate from there being many resemblances of character between us.